The surprising return of Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko to Na`Vi comes after a year of the in-game leader's tenure in Gambit, who reached new heights with the Ukrainian captain, securing titles at two DreamHack Open stops and most recently triumphed on the biggest stage, at PGL Major Krakow.

Zeus has also brought Mikhaylo "Kane" Blagin alongside with him over to Na`Vi, whose previous coach, Andrey "Andi" Prokhorov, departs the organization despite having been offered a place on the team as an analyst again, as he wishes to continue coaching elsewhere.

Zeus puts on the black-and-yellow jersey again

According to Gambit's announcement, due to his "inability to fulfill his requirements," Kane's contract with the organization was terminated, resulting in Zeus' departure from the team.

"Seven days ago, I would have said that Dania's transfer to Na`Vi was impossible. Nevertheless, the situation is constantly changing and life provides unexpected opportunities. I am proud that the legend is back to the club," Na`Vi CEO, Yevhen Zolotarov, said in the press release.

"I am also happy that Kane, the man who had brought Gambit to victory at the last Major, joined us. We believe that his outstanding cooperation with Dania, vast experience and in-game thinking outside the box will strengthen our team.

It is truly heartbreaking to bid farewell to Andi. Andrey was a part of our organization since 2014, and went from website author to team analyst; think about it, he became a coach of Natus Vincere. I am thankful for all the work you've done for us, and wholeheartedly wish you good luck!"

The veteran has explained the issues that happened in Gambit following the Major in a Twitlonger post. You can see a part of Zeus's statement below:

"During the last 6 months our team has experienced disagreements and issues. But overlooking those difficulties, we came to our wins together. But at this stage the guys decided to kick our coach Kane, even with the condition that I will leave with him. Misha Kane is a man who I've worked and been friends with a long time, a man who taught me and helped me get through last year's kick from Na`Vi, and a man who helped us win the Major.

But the team thinks otherwise, overlooking my experience in this situation and my attempts at saving the roster. It's very weird to me, because in other sports everything happens differently, the coaches are celebrated for such achievements. The key to success in a game - not only skilled players, but a captain/coach tandem. When this atmosphere and authority is disrupted, working with the team becomes very challenging."

We also have an exclusive interview with Zeus coming up shortly to help explain his side of the situation and the circumstances behind his departure.

The team are set to travel to Na`Vi's gaming house on August 15 to begin their preparations for ESL Pro League Season 6, which starts August 22, as well as their upcoming offline events: DreamHack Masters Malmö (August 30-September 3), ELEAGUE CS:GO Premier Group A (September 8-9), and ESL One New York (playoffs run from September 16-17).

Gambit are now left in four players without a coach, with news of their fifth player forthcoming:

You dont win a major with that lineup. Who is awp'er ? The NaVi team have had the best awp'r in the world for years now they are without a good awp'r ... We will see. I said it first. Top 8 in major and out the door. PRINTSCREEN THIS GUYS

S1mple can not be a main awper. Je is way to aggressive and doesn't let the IGL Set him up for ez picks.
When he is on fire that's ok, but in a final or semi-final best of 3 he has to adjust his playstyle tremendously IMO

S1mple, in his time in Na'Vi, has proven he can adapt his game based on what his IGL wants. So far, it has been Seized who, lets face it, was not the best at that role. He even said so himself.
Now, with Zeus, who knows how to win, S1mple will become a lot more effective and will likely AWP more often that not. Seized and Edward will be the mainstays of the team, Flamie and S1mple will be the stars.
Only time will tell if this works out, but I predict Na'Vi will be back to top 4 by the end of the year.

only dumb silvers and novas will say this. Look, if a multi million dollar org like na'vi with their team of professional cs go players who have played the game for years, the best CIS IGL who has played the game for years, and their team of analysts who they have invested thousands into all believe s1mple can be main awp and kicked guardian for it, then I'm pretty sure they know what they're doing and know better than your bullshit.

Sure if you're a naive 15 year old, it's obvious they kicked him judging from his bitter passive aggressive tweets. But it's fine, na'vi already said "they both stepped down" to allow them to save face anyways, either way he's removed from na'vi cause they don't want him anymore or else they wouldn't allow faze to buy him out.

Nice faze 0-3 major collecting washed up stars. You're so naive shut the fuck up and jack off to guardian's little twitter. Typical midget guardian fanboy, no point in talking sense to you. He has to go all across the country instead of living in his region because na'vi don't give a shit about him anymore, that's just the reality.
a big rich org like na'vi wouldnt let him go if they gave a shit, esp since they got zeus when guardian is complaining he can't perform well cause zeus wasnt there LUL.

I'm not a Guardian fanboy at all, I don't actually give a fuck about Guardian.
The thing with NaVi is that they have the CIS golden boy S1mple. He got really good individual skill, but he's an unbearable dbag. Every single team he has been in have failed due to his toxic attitude. He s1mply doesn't have the maturity required to work in a team and every single team he will play for in the future will fail as a result. This new Navi lineup is dead on arrival

nice b8 m8 still bringing up old s1mple toxicity when he's still only 19 and navi ceo even said in recent interview they loved how much he matured in the last year. but typical guardian fanboy can only hate on better players and try to bring them down cause guardian is washed up garbage lmao. keep hating but it won't make guardian back to form lul

s1mple getting more mature + Zeus helping to keep his ego in check.
I think they did this to help s1mple become a true superstar, then in 9 months or so, when s1mple's attitude is fixed, they will -seized (maybe -Zeus) then sign higher quality replacement(s) and become an insanely good team.

Omg how retarded u are. Guardian carried that shits dropping 30-40 bombs every fucking game but they didnt win a shit. Always finnished Top2 or top3. He just lost motivation to playing in navi cause of it. He even says that in his interviews. What could navi or navi ceo do if he just says that he dont want to be a part of this team. How can they stop him. Any other team guardian could join would pay good enough. Money isnt always the case

Im global btw, but nice Logic xD
I could say your argument to anything ever happened. for example:
Look, if a multi million dollar org like na'vi with their team of professional cs go players who have played the game for years, the best CIS coach who has played the game for years, and their team of analysts who they have invested thousands into all believe s1mple can replace Zeus and kicked Zeus for it, then I'm pretty sure they know what they're doing and know better than your bullshit.
See what I did? I just changed 2-3 words from your text...
They can't now if it works, nobody does, kid

ROFL You turned that spit right back in his face. xD
But yeah, Na'Vi's "seasoned multimillion dollar experts and veterans" are a bunch of retards, they don't have a single clue about what they're doing. They're just going after the hottest commodity at the time of roster change, like flies to a pile of shit, and this time that's obviously Zeus.
And they don't even care how they will look for kicking Zeus only to chase after him a year later because he got results they can only dream of with their "multimillion dollar expertise". LUL
And all that because of their lack of understanding about what makes a good team and who fits or doesn't fit in.
If it were up to me, I would dump Seized instead of Guardian, he could never handle the pressure. It's always painted on his face whenever he plays a big game and needs to clutch and pull through, he just chokes. He can get some frags here and there but late game in crunch time he always fails. Seized is the weak link IMHO and just because of that I think they'll fail again.
Another mistake by retards aka "experts" - kicking Guardian because he's older, and older player must be the problem.

Dude, I have remembered this time, when seized was on top4 the best aimers in the world. But last tournament 2vs2 by HTC seized actually failed. Then.. I don't believe in seized.. Electronic or something else "HeadShot machine" will join NaVi and seized will cut off..
/close

meh i think he was insane back in 1.6 but i think he has really fallen off in csgo. id like to see him awp again. not sure he is ready for a top team yet imo but if he went to hellraisers or even zeus less gambit id be happy. honestly seems like he wont leave f3 as its mostly his baby and the f3 ceo seems to be holding his players hostage

Because gambit is shit and they know it. Sure they won the major, but they still fail to beat premier teams and even get into other events/leagues. They know that they wont stay a top team in gambit. The roster changes had already been decided prior to the major

I honestly agree with him, even tho im happy for what gambit achieved
But a lot of ppl are using Gambit's fake flair only cause of Zeus, they really got pretty good results with him, and now that he went back to NaVi, those fake flairs will be gone

Dont be rude if you know shit about whats happening. Zeus left because coach of gambit was kicked and they are good friends so zeus left only because Kane.
YOu fucking moron, read the statement you fucking 30 IQ moron

Tf you on about? Other Gambit players basically backstabbed Zeus with their decision to kick Kane (his great friend and a huge factor in their success). Was Zeus supposed to swallow it? He made Gambit the team it was, I guess he deserves to pick the coach (his assistant basically). So Zeus did nothing wrong.

they kicked him like a dog, like a trash, just to get better aim player(s1mple), they didnt care about him(except edward) and now hes joining them like nothing happened... this whole scene is weird af
"we dont need ya cya poseidon"
"oh we are shit pose... cough zeus come back"

well if they were willing to take kane i guess he didnt mind and s1mple and edward never had beef against him. we dont know about flamie no one ever officialy confirmed and i wouldnt be suprised if seized has a better opinion about him now that he failed as an igl. think about it this way navi gave zeus a song and a dance and begged at his feet

Read his statement, idiot. Gambit kicked the coach that helped Them win the major. Zeus shouldnt accept that. Gambit shat on his ultimatum, so they do not deserve his leadership anymore. Ungrateful bastards, they are.

Simple & flamie > AdreN & Mou? MAYBE overall yes, But ATM Definately NO.
You had a whole team with a good momentum + Everyone is in SYNC + Major in Pocket.
Other hand NaVi=0 momentum + No one knows wtf is happening + NOTHING IN POCKET.
Then You join a team you already had left cuz They were shit.
The real reason behind that was KANE btw, Gambit retarded out and kicked him and removed him, Zeus bieng a good friend followed. They could have gone to a WAAY better team than NaVi. RIP NAVI AND GAMBIT. LETS GO G2 NOW THAT THESE HAPPY GO LUCKY BITCHES OUT OF THE RACE LUL. XDD

Thats a point as well. Hope it holds, cuz NaVi needs that. If it dosen't, probably one of the biggest talents would be wasted.
Oh and btw If olof to faze -k1o FaZe top lul jk olof never gonna leave flushas hax alone XDD

lmao, get your facts straight u fucking monkey
4 players from gambit tried to kick Kane (their coach) after winnin a major, that is Zeus' friend that helped him with a lot of stuff, especially with his departure from NaVi
Zeus said that gambit players started thinking too much of themselves
and he said if they are kicking Kane he is leaving as well, they still went for it
get your facts up lil bitch

not sure you need to know both sides its sounds like we know both. they wanted kane gone zeus didnt. they talked about it and according to his twitlonger gambit accepted that kane leaving meant zeus left. think it is pretty clear cut. sad for gambit though
twitlonger.com/show/n_1sq3leu

this is same roster as in 2015, just simple replaced guardian, despite he carried them back then they were unable to win anything, it will be same now, just zeus dont fit to other navi players, i just hope kane will change their noob tactics at least

where does it says players decide that and not the org? even if it is done by the players , couldn't zeus try something different to convince them instead of just leave this easy? no, zeus wanted that. and what you said does not justifies his action. he choose the money and the better org(even tho they betrayed him)

Pathetic if you ruin a team just because they wanted to kick your friend. Kane probably did a shit job else the entire team/organisation wouldn't want to kick him. Lost all respect for Zeus.
Hope Gambit will get a proper igl and wreck Na'Vi in the future.

Cry is free. Seems like all kazakh fanboys are salty af about this Zeus move, and don't want accept the fact that he tried to sign whole team for another org, to get better conditions for everyone. Twice.

GG ZEUS, you just proved you care only about money. Shitbag so much. They fucking kicked you within a word, and you goin back like a dog. Lost all my respect i had to you as a player, and human beeing.

information that i got from my sources close to gambit's kazakh players is that
1) for over 10 months Kane didn't find right way how to build team, literally he did nothing for success due to lack of experience in CS:GO.He was inactive for so long and only Zeus brought him back to this game.
2) Gambit wanted to kick Kane before major that's why Zeus in his vlog said they're not going to prepare for major as he wanted to. Even 1st place on major didn't change opinion of players and org.
3)Zeus asked for 2-3x times bigger salary from Gambit after winning the major(thats only a rumor but with some proofs). Long time ago some players of na'vi said that money is the only thing that matters for Zeus. Sources tell that Zeus planned return to the na'vi anyway and he just got lucky and uses kick of Kane as the reasong for leave. Gambit org planned 2 fan meetings on 3rd and 6th of August in KZ everyone except for Zeus were there. Also hobbit had a marriage on 4th of August and again Zeus missed it. He was in Netherlands and told all fans that he has some important things to do.

I know it's hard to hear such things and it's yours right to not believe me and I can understand you bc I can't give you a single proof. Not coming to yours team8 wedding and not coming to fan meetings organised by your org makes me strongly believe in those rumors

If you are close to SOURCES. Then get some information about salaries in Gambit.
SK is 18-25k $
Astralis - 20k $
FaZe - 15-20k $
NaVi - 15-18k $
Gambit is 5k $
So, why the fuck, he cannot ask FOR FUCKING MONEY ? He led team for 3 wins. He joined them as they were tier3-4, now it's tier1 team. WHY THE FUCK HE CANNOT ASK FOR MONEY? He was trying to get to another org all 5 players. It's not his fault that they cannot do a shit.

imo, Zeus will not make NaVi great again. he doesn't have motivation because he won major yet ("these traitors kicked me from the team and i will prove them that i'm still good..." won't work now) + seems like Zeus will retire soon (i think that he will retire not later than after next major will be end).
history with kicking Zeus from Gambit is not as simple as it seems, and only Gambit's guys and Zeus know who is right.
anyway, GL NaVi and GL Gambit. NaVi roster is strong in fact, so who knows...

zeus is a buisnesman and doing the right thing in the right moment , all of u calling him backstaber u are plastik fans and 10 years old kids who think life is fairytale and money comes from sky, he is almost 30 and already he focus on pro100 blog and cyberschool, 3 max years for him on scene as a PLAYER

According to Gambit's announcement, due to his "inability to fulfill his requirements," Kane's contract with the organization was terminated, resulting in Zeus' departure from the team.
IS it hard for people to read and understand the reason to leave Gambot?

Daniil "Zeus" Teslenko leaves Gambit CS:GO. Daniil's decision is based on his unwillingness to work with a new head coach.
An issue of our coach's inability to fulfill his requirements was raised multiple times. The final decision to terminate his employment was made before PGL Major Krakow. Management and players were unsatisfied with the professional qualities of Mikhail "kane" Blagin. Over the course of ten months kane was unable to find an approach towards the team, therefore a set of his responsibilities had to be delegated to players, which is deemed inappropriate for a professional team.
We would like to stress that a successful performance at PGL Major Krakow had no influence on our decision. When an issue of Mikhail Blagin's departure was raised, Daniil Teslenko emphasised that it will result with him leaving the team as well. Gambit Esports management respects Daniil's decision, therefore agreed to sign a buyout agreement, so that he can return to Natus Vincere.

He just won a $1 million major few weeks ago lmao. How can you say that? You can't really tell
While Na'Vi have the same lineup as before, except for the AWP. And s1mple for GuardiaN is a downgrade to Zeus' igling if you ask me. Zeus' style is pretty slow and relies a lot on teamplay. S1mple is an explosive player, who needs a lot of freedom to shine and perform at his best

I am not sure if i want to be pissed or not.
I dont buy that story about we kick coach so you aswell, but even if its true then i think it was VERY bad decision for everyone except maybe NaVi. Also there had to be very crucial reason to kick coach and even more if you know your IGL is going with him, i would like to read about that from Gambit.
Then again, Navi have s1mple carry like they had guardian back in the days, so i dont see them as supergood all of the sudden (its downgrade in firepower for sure) as some people say.
Gambit as a brand(!) climbed on top of the mountain and we'll see if this will be ruined or just "influenced", but its def. not a good thing for both Gambit and Zeus.
I still cheer for Gambit, not for Navi :P

Retarded AdreN was in conflict with Kane, so these mongoloids decided to kick him even despite the fact Zeus would leave because of it. They became so cocky, did not show any respect to their coach and Zeus, selfishness at its finest. Gamit gonna back to their top30 cave, very disgusting persons...

I think Zeus knows best what's good for him & his team, too bad Gambit & the rest of the players didn't come to an agreement. On the other hand I'm happy that he's back to his REAL home Na'Vi, a real "legendary" team. I've been cheering for Na'Vi since 2010, also happy that the Ukrainian flag is back again. :) I'm a little sad for Gambit, especially for AdreN & Hobbit, they are insane players, hope they can pull through and continue showing good form in events. But it'll be very hard to do, since the two most crucial parts of the team aren't there anymore. Still, I'm gonna cheer for them. And for Na'Vi, I think they will slowly come back to their late-2015/mid-2016 form, especially since the other players have remembered what Zeus is capable of. Hopefully seized can return to his old form, where he was considered the best CIS support player. Also will be interesting to see how will s1mple do as a main AWPer, since he has a very aggresive AWPing style. The pieces are there, I just hope Zeus can make the old & rusty Yellow/Black machine work again. Best of luck to him & the rest of the team.

Everyone says Zeus lost your respect. Some things are more important...
He felt his friendship with the coach who helped Gambit get their major victory was more important than being resentful towards the team for what it did to his friend. If anything, he should have more of your respect for leaving the team for his friendship.
Major win or not now for Na'Vi, I think they have a team that can compete and that is something they did not have with seized leading the charge

NO fuck this. Who does that after winning a major?
Gambit were so exciting to watch too. I think they can still keep it together but Zeus has left some pretty big shoes to fill....
gambit should pick up ange1 for the sexgod ange1 AdreN reunion

they kicked him cuz he played VERY BAD and they were thinking that Starix will be their IGL as Coach. But valve rules ruined all and Seized can't be a good IGl. so there are 3 factors why they kicked him.
why you are so childish?

Zeus probably never intended to leave Navi for good. I think he only left Navi and joined Gambit to prove he can still be sucessfull even with a lower team. But after Navi saw that Gambit actually won the Major, Navi thinks:"Damn, he good. We have to get him back here!!". They offer him an extremely vulgar amount of money and Zeus joins back Navi. This was all part of Zeus plan to convince Navi hes still a major playa. This man is a genius.

Win major with your team -> come back to your old team who betrayed you. #logic
It's sad, I really was looking forward to see if Gambit can mantain this level, but it looks like we will have just 2 shitty CIS teams again instead.

Wasn't his fault tbh, the team decided to kick the coach, who worked really hard with Zeus to elaborate everything after the Na'Vi backstab. I understand his decision now. Just don't know how the players can be so dumb. They won't win shit now

Odd... He's just won a CS:GO Major with the Gambit lineup, yet instantly abandons them to rejoin Na'Vi who outright back-stabbed him in the first place?
Honestly, I feel sorry for Gambit... On paper this move makes sense-- he was only kicked because of the coaching rule, but it's still a shame for Gambit initially...

For me everyone in this story is a loser...
NaVi bringing back two players they kicked a short time ago
Gambit kicking their coach after winning a major (wtf?)
Zeus backstabbing his teammates for joining the team which backstabbed him months ago (jeah I know Kane friend kicked blabla)...

Well, seized used to be great support player actually the best in cis, they have the best igl (zeus), the most experienced rifler (edward) the best cis player (s1mple) and one of the best aimers (flamie). I think they have the right elements to succeed

Interesing... Na'Vi did the best move possible.
- seized will be back to his A game, since he won't have to lead the team.
- s1mple has been awping better than GuardiaN for most of the year.
- zeus IGL'ing can't even be compared to what seized was able to do.
- Kane seems to be doing better job than than Andi.
So, they will have a sniper that is in better form, a way better IGL, a better coach and a better rifler (since seized wasn't fragging as IGL).

Also there was no way Gambit would remain a top 10 team after the major. Gambit was a sinking ship, and Zeus made the right decision. Kids on here think wanting more money is so evil, when the whole point of becoming pro is to make a living playing video games. What's wrong with that?

Well .. i dont know who to blame here but one thing is for sure ... Gambit wont be the same without Zeus so for Gambit to fire coach even if they lose Zeus because of that is STUPID. I understand this decision though because just before major Gambit was losing all kind of matches. But on the other hand Zeus and maybe teams coach shined at Major, where things matter most.
I could never imagine after Krakow major for gambit to let go of Zeus. What the heck are they thinking ? IS this ego matter ? Well, good luck in next events .. without zeus theres no chance.

Everyone shocked and talking about Zeus, and seized is like, "yeah guys, don't mind me, just gonna slide right back in". I don't get why they couldn't have picked up electronic instead of him, surely Na'Vi is a better place for him than Flipsid3...

RiP Na'vi this same lineup that didn't work before you kicked Zeus it's not going to work now good luck though.
Edit: Also want to mention yeelmao and decay were both wrong how surprising no electronic, no ange1, these guys have retardation.
Give it 4-5 months until Zeus gets kicked again one of the most useless shitters in the scene atm after TaZ.

Pls remember Navi alway has higher ranking than Gambit in HLTV ranking
they have better fire power when compare with Gambit, they just lack of tactical
And Gambit never win a big tournament before Major
And zeus move is good choice for him

There's no other relevant candidate for them acquire so unfortunately 5th player has to be seized. All other player negotiations lead to a dead end. I hope this move works as a middle ground and we get to see both prime navi & seized :)
RAZ$%^&TE BOMZHEJ PLZ :)

No? How about new talent? Having someone fresh is hell of a lot better than having Seized who, ironically enough, seizes up under every bit of pressure Navi comes across.
And as an added bonus, new talent can be much more easily fit into the team and be made to develop for the role team needs.
Why do same faces always have to play this game? What law states new players must not be given a chance?
Navi management is pretty stupid for keeping Seized IMO and I'm pretty sure they'll pay the piper when the crunch time comes.

Actually, I agree with you hence I said 'unfortunately' :D . They should've got someone else but that's what they've decided :/ Personally, I'd rather give a chance to a raw talent too. My main beliefs are motivation and hunger. With these two you can overcome anything.

Expectation - Navi want to buy the best CIS igl in terms of skill and top 3 young player in CIS
Reality - Navi bring in unmotivated IGL who can't frag properly and washed up support player who lost his confidence after his failure and whose form makes 99% of navi fans cry
LMAO

I agree about Seized and I think he should've been kicked instead of Guardian and Simple should've switched to rifler/secondary awper role, but Zeus is far from an unmotivated IGL who can't frag properly.
Didn't he just prove that or have you missed the recent Major altogether?